Bill improves how the state counts people without homes each year
S. 4903 — A bill to improve the point-in-time count conducted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes. · Filed by John Barrasso (R-WY) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells HUD to count people without homes the same way. Counts happen in late April. The bill also requires a count in the middle of the year. This tracks changes over time. HUD must train and help local groups that serve people without homes. Rural areas get special help. A state office must study if the counting method works. It must also check if the method can get better.
Who it affects
People without homes get better counts of how many exist. Local groups that help people without homes must follow new counting rules. Service providers may have extra work to follow the new system.
One thing to notice
The bill requires two counts per year instead of one. More data about people without homes will be gathered.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- HUD — The part of the state that handles housing and helps people without homes.
- data — Facts and numbers collected about people and what happens to them.
- rural areas — Places far from cities with fewer people and fewer services.
- state office — A part of the state that checks how well state programs work.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 8, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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